The path can't be given to you by someone else.

If you know exactly what's next, you're probably on someone else's path. Your path is a series of steps taken in faith, not knowing everything beforehand.

"Success occurs in the privacy of the soul." - Rick Rubin

I work with creators. People who take ideas and turn them into something real. Entrepreneurs, artists, coaches, visionaries... 

And often, our ego mind wants to know the step by step approach to our next level of success because it craves external certainty.

The Myth of External Certainty

The truth is, life is actually unpredictable.

You can't force people, weather, the economy, or stock prices to do what you want them to do.

When we try to get certainty from anything outside of ourselves, we are building our foundation on shaky ground.

We are tossed around like a row boat on the sea... it does no good to yell at the stormy sea. We can't control it.

But like a wise sailor, we can go within and learn to create certainty inside of ourselves.

To continue with the sailor on the stormy sea...

Instead of trying to control the sea, the wise sailor masters sailing skills, uses instruments to navigate to smoother seas and blue skies. The wise sailor chooses to stay calm so they can focus, make decisions and act in alignment.

The Possibilities of Internal Certainty

When we master the game of internal certainty, we take ownership of our path.

In entrepreneurial business this means moving forward in faith despite setbacks or obstacles.

In creative arts it means trusting your gut or working from your imagination instead of doing what everyone else has done.

It's always tempting to look outside of yourself for the feeling of calm confidence.

But the external variety always falls short, compared to something you cultivate within yourself.

Cultivate Internal Certainty:

- choose your thoughts on purpose vs defaulting to the thoughts of the world

- strengthen your beliefs through reading and learning

- live soulfully-- through meditation, prayer, journaling, or contemplation

- observe the world without judgment

- observe your doubts and fears, also without judgment

- practice new thoughts and beliefs of abundance, love, and possibilities (until they become your default)

Which brings us to the big idea:

The Art of Inspired Action

We live in a world where there is no shortage of knowledge.

You can Google pretty much any answer you have to starting and growing a business, how to prepare for taxes, how to monetize your ideas, how to grow your income or invest, how to get fit, how to develop great relationships, etc. 

You name it, it's there.

If Google doesn't have it... Chat GBT does.

The problem for most people isn't a knowledge problem. It's a wisdom problem.

It's not just about taking action.

It's about taking inspired action. 

I'll give you an example.

In the last cohort of The Art of Impossible, one of my clients, Cami, had a vision of working with a higher level/higher caliber kind of client.

I encouraged her to act from inspiration, not just a checklist. 

One day she felt inspired to reach out and connect with a friend. No cold pitch. No pre-scripted sales message.

Nothing she could Google.

The conversation became an opportunity for her to share about her coaching services, and she ended up signing her and her business partner into a coaching agreement. 

This didn't come because of a 7 step approach she found on Google, or a script she downloaded from someone's website.

She acted on inspiration. And it was smooth sailing for her and her new clients.

How do you replicate this?

The short answer: you don't.

You're not on her path. 

You are on your path.

The longer answer: you look for the true principles, and apply it to your unique path....

Spiritual success principles like

- the law of detachment

- the law of the harvest (your thoughts and deeds are given to others and it comes back to you)

Business success principles like

- relationship building

- adding value

- making invitations to the right people

The Art of Inspired Action:

- never withhold an abundant thought or deed

- live on the edge of your comfort zone (but not so far out of the comfort zone it feels chaotic)

- create what you've never created before by doing what you've never done before and believing what you've never believed before

- look for ways to collaborate instead of compete

- line up your beliefs to increase the surface area of synchronicities

- believe in possibilities instead of getting stuck in what's predictable

- need nothing, appreciate everything 

First, it's an impossible idea.

Then, it feels like a real possibility.

You start to see how it can actually happen for you.

It begins to feel inevitable.

Finally, it becomes your reality.

Nurture the vision with belief until it works.

The Art of Inspired Action is developed over time, by coming back to your unique path...

Take the business and spiritual success principles, and apply them. This is how you get out of the hamster wheel of looking for more knowledge, and begin living the higher way which is applied knowledge aka wisdom.

Thanks for reading :)

Amber

P.S. I'm starting another cohort of The Art of Impossible. 4/10 spots are already claimed. If you'd like more details, click here.